rody_44Premium
join:2004-02-20
Quakertown, PA
3 edits | reply to fuziwuzi
Re: [Caps] Please sign the petition to raise or eliminate the ca Does anyone actually know how much netflix actually uses. i have used the shit out of it and still only reached 89GB for the month of january. In that 89 is 139 episodes of the office, 63 episodes of weeds, 39 episodes of sons of anarchy,33 episodes of breaking bad. 4 amazon movies, and probably 10 netflix movies. All that tv and only 89GB. Im thinking if i didnt go over thsi month i will never go over. My usage for dec was 3 GB and nov was 4 GB. |
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 nerdburgPremium
join:2009-08-20
Schuylkill Haven, PA
kudos:1 | Netflix in best quality uses 1GB per hour or up to 2.3 GB per hour in HD. So 274 episodes at 45 minutes each = 12,330 minutes dived by 60 = 205.5 hrs + 14 hr of movies= 219.5 hours.
So at best quality you would use 219 GB just for Netflix. If you had watched HD, you would have used around 480 GB just for Netflix. |
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 RipperPremium
join:2002-02-07
West Palm Beach, FL
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said by tshirt:are there really 730 HD movies a year worth watching?
How does anyone have the time or interest to watch that many movies. |
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 CableToolPoorly Representing MYSELF.Premium
join:2004-11-12 | reply to nerdburg
said by nerdburg:Netflix in best quality uses 1GB per hour or up to 2.3 GB per hour in HD. So 274 episodes at 45 minutes each = 12,330 minutes dived by 60 = 205.5 hrs + 14 hr of movies= 219.5 hours.
So at best quality you would use 219 GB just for Netflix. If you had watched HD, you would have used around 480 GB just for Netflix.
But still... we do see the STAGGERING amount of content you would be consuming compared to an average Joe that works, has a family with kids and events and hockey and homework and laundry and commitments.. etc.
No one is watching 274 episodes of ANYTHING a month. And if they ARE.. they are not the average user that rules would be built around.
I DO get that people want the cap raised.. and many cases can be made mathematically that would show someone reaching the cap each and every month. But for every one case there are, Im sure, thousands of cases that are quite the opposite.
So you take the average use of the consumer to date, you apply the same type of math and you come up with a 250GB cap. I would say, using math, that over 80% of the participants in this thread if not more are stating "Meh.. cap is fine.. I never hit it and I use my internet to MY full extent daily.."
And a few that pop in and say "Yeah.. but if you watched 5000hrs of online video monthly and download every single update for every single application and OS and the latest ISOs AND upload your 100GB projects to work AND back up 20GB to a CLOUD each night and..... you would TOTALLY BLOW THAT CAP!!!"
But that just isnt average use.
What if they built cars, in general, for the top 1% of height and weight, in either direction.
What if they produced TV shows, series and Music for the taste of less then 1% of the population?
What if things were priced for the consumer based on what less then 1% of the base can afford?
What if they made clothes in one size, the size of less then 1% of their total sales.
Its juts a model that doest really wash out in this industry. You want to make as many people happy, provide content for as broad of a viewership base ..etc.etc...
I just dont get what some dont seem to get.
Im a smaller guy.. Im pissed that they never have pants in my size. Try to find a nice 33/30 in jeans sometime.. its dam difficult!! I wish 95% of the jeans in the stores were all 33/30. Because thats the size I WEAR.
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said by nerdburg:Netflix in best quality uses 1GB per hour or up to 2.3 GB per hour in HD. So 274 episodes at 45 minutes each = 12,330 minutes dived by 60 = 205.5 hrs + 14 hr of movies= 219.5 hours.
So at best quality you would use 219 GB just for Netflix. If you had watched HD, you would have used around 480 GB just for Netflix.
excellent explanation / breakdown...
I myself isn't sure if I did reach or use that much bandwidth BUT in hindsight, I know that the price I am paying for right now justifies me getting biz vs resi...
in my area..
Performance [15/3] - Special Offer is 29.95 for 6 months, goes up to 62.95
Performance Starter [6/1] - is 49.95
Performace [12/2, same as my biz starter] - 62.95
I am currently paying 59.95 + 7.00 [equip fee] = 66.95 still locked in a 2 year contract that I signed 4/4/11. |
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 DarkLogixPremium
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX
kudos:3 | reply to CableTool
A family with kids should be using even more
consider that more people are using it and thus watching the same thing (ie parent previewing a movie before the kid gets to see it) and multiple people using games, youtube, netflix, hulu, and revision 3 |
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nerdburgPremium
join:2009-08-20
Schuylkill Haven, PA
kudos:1 | reply to CableTool
said by CableTool:said by nerdburg:Netflix in best quality uses 1GB per hour or up to 2.3 GB per hour in HD.....
...... No one is watching 274 episodes of ANYTHING a month. And if they ARE.. they are not the average user that rules would be built around. I wasn't suggesting it was average use or anything else...he was just asking how much Netflix used and I answered the question. |
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KevTechPremium
join:2002-08-22
Seattle, WA | reply to asjamias
said by asjamias:I am currently paying 59.95 + 7.00 [equip fee : = 66.95 still locked in a 2 year contract that I signed 4/4/11. Is that for blast tier?
I have blast/own modem and pay 55.95 per month. |
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CableToolPoorly Representing MYSELF.Premium
join:2004-11-12 | reply to nerdburg
I get that.. but then to add how fast you would reach the cap if you did consume that much content.. which again begs the question.. who is doing that?
And to Dark-
Average families and average users out there in the real world everyday just dont use that much data. Not yet at least.
Rev3? Really?
I have two kids, and I have previewed movies before my kids watch them. I dont preview one or two a day though. There are times all 4 of us are on our Kindles, IPADs, Laptops, etc... but we arent all streaming Netflix, Hulu, Rev3, Youtube... at the same time 8 hours a day.
We are on Nick Jr, Facebook, Words with Friends and Netflix streaming Dora... maybe Pandora as well.
I would guess we are pretty much an average family. And my usage, even at 20-30GB a month is still above average.
We are still a couple hundred GBs away from even caring though.
And Im not by ANYMEANS saying MY use should be the standard. Im just the other side of the spectrum here.. but also the majority of the spectrum.
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DarkLogixPremium
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX
kudos:3 | By the same info you're not average ether
and its well known that the comcast meter errors and stops counting sometimes, (I've seen dozens of threads about that issue)
please run an independant meter to confirm |
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rody_44Premium
join:2004-02-20
Quakertown, PA
1 edit | reply to nerdburg
... after watching all that netflix which took me all month to accomplish. Which involved a person that works underground and since i didnt work much this month and had nothing to do but watch old episodes of shows i still didnt close to matching my bandwidth useage. Does anyone know what useage i would use in watching what watched this month. I was worried i went over what i was suppose to. after a month of use i see im not even close. if i didnt even come close not workingh most of the month how can anyone even come close. I mean really i watched all that and only came up with 89 GB. Please someone explain what is going on. |
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 fuziwuziNot born yesterdayPremium
join:2005-07-01
Atlanta, GA | reply to Ted Sheckler
said by Ted Sheckler:said by tshirt:are there really 730 HD movies a year worth watching?
yeah right? I barely have time to watch programs stored on my DVR let alone cut the cord and try and watch 4 hours of netflix every night!! But you are not everyone else. Some people might actually use their service differently than you, are they wrong? Are you the arbiter of correct usage?
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rody_44Premium
join:2004-02-20
Quakertown, PA | No im not, im just trying to figure out where spending my entire month of watching these old episodes dont even get close to my cap of internet useage. I mean ive been a member of thios site for years and its been the internet useage capo is to stop video yet i spend a entire month watching video and dont even come close to the cap. Explain that. |
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fuziwuziNot born yesterdayPremium
join:2005-07-01
Atlanta, GA | reply to Ripper
said by Ripper:said by tshirt:are there really 730 HD movies a year worth watching?
How does anyone have the time or interest to watch that many movies. I used Netflix as only 1 item in a list of activites, which also was far from comprehensive to the vast number of activities one could do. It is disingenuous to focus solely upon what one could watch on Netflix as the arbiter of how much data one should consume in a month.
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rody_44Premium
join:2004-02-20
Quakertown, PA | Ok your beyond me, Im the morone user. I watched all that this month alone and didnt even cone close to the cap. Please explain why i can spend the entire month watching these episodes i mentioned and not even be near my cap yet i read all the stories on this site how this is based on protectoing whatever this site says it protects. I spentthe entire month watching video over netflix and only came out with 89 GB just tryuing to figure out what the hell goes. |
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DarkLogixPremium
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX
kudos:3 | reply to rody_44
said by rody_44:No im not, im just trying to figure out where spending my entire month of watching these old episodes dont even get close to my cap of internet useage. I mean ive been a member of thios site for years and its been the internet useage capo is to stop video yet i spend a entire month watching video and dont even come close to the cap. Explain that.
Just because you're watching it doesn't mean its going to HD
its possible that Netflix didn't see your connection as good enough sometimes
also check the quality setting on your netflix account |
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rody_44Premium
join:2004-02-20
Quakertown, PA | I never asked for hd and never got it. my point is i watched all them episodes and thats what my usage is. So are you saying if it was hd i would be usig that much more? Just tryiong to figurte out what the hell is truley going on? But in reallity i dont even think them episodes are even offered in HD? pretty sure they are not. |
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DarkLogixPremium
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX
kudos:3 | Please look at this page on your netflix account
also you don't get asked for HD it just does the HD if you have best selected and your connection can do it
so if you have just good selected it'll cut your bandwidth usage down alot |
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rody_44Premium
join:2004-02-20
Quakertown, PA | remember im a morone i have comcast but i dont feel like removing my tv which isnt hd,. I just basically need sd and have never seen on netflix what you posted. Ok best is 0.3 Gb a hour. Anyone care to equate that to a months useage. Kind of think its well below the cap of 250 gb. |
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